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O. O. MORSE. Wardrobe. No. 228,919. Patented June 15,1880.

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Wardrobe. No. 228,919 Patented June 15.1880.

OLIVER O. MORSE, 0F \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

WARDROBE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,919, dated June 15, 1880.

Application filed May 4, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER O. MORSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in \Vardrobes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates, primarily, to movable corner-wardrobes of fixed shape, or nonfolding, but is applicable also to folding portable wardrobes and other like articles of furniture, such as closets and book-cases.

The invention consists in combining a mirror and toilet-case with the swinging door of a wardrobe or like article in such manner as to give the article an ornate exteriorwhen closed, and so as to adapt the attachments to be used with facility, as hereinafter more fully setforth.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a front elevation of a corner-wardrobe illustrating this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of its upper portion on the line 3 5, Fig. 1, showing the toilet-oase both closed and open by full and dotted lines. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the open toilet-case and mirror. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the lower portion of the wardrobe-door with its lower receptacle or blacking-ease, showing the respective positions of the latter by full and dotted lines; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the open blacking-case.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The top, bottom, and sides of this wardrobe, together with all purely mechanical and artistic details, may be of any approved description. I have represented one mode of constructing the whole sufficiently to enable those skilled in the art to follow the same, and also a suitable design for the front.

A paneled door, D, constituting a part of the front of the wardrobe, is secured within an ample doorway in customary manner by hinges h It at one vertical edge and a fastening, f, at its opposite edge, so as to swing in a horizontal plane when open and be held fast when shut. At a convenient height the door D has a pair of horizontal cross-bars, 7) b and between said bars a central rectangular openin g, 0, within which a mirror, M, of corresponding size and shape, is supported by central (No model.)

horizontal pivot-s between a pair of removable vertical strips, 19 1), that are attached within the opening 0 by screws.

A toilet-case, A, is attached by horizontal hinges ]L2 at one edge of the cross-bar I) of the door, and at its opposite edge by means of a fastening, f to a cleat, c, on the face of the bar b so that when fastened it conceals and protects the mirror M, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 and in full lines in Fig. 3, while it can be readily lowered. to horizontal position, as indicated by Fig. 4 and dotted lines in Fig. 3, and in this position is supported by the contact with said bar I) of what is now the rear edge of the toilet-case. In this position the toilet-case exposes a series of depressions or pockets, 2 y ac, adapted to receive, respectively, a clothes-brush, a hand-mirror, and a hair brush and comb, or the like, (as, for example, shaving utensils,) so that they are easily accessible for use. Between said pockets the case A is made relatively shallow or of single thickness, and the greater thickness incidental to the pockets'is made to form projections on that which is the bottom of the lowered case, which present the appearance of raised panels on the face of the door D when the case is fastened up, as shown in Fig. 1, viewed in connection with Figs. 2 and 3, the cleat c joining with the central projection of the case.

The central pocket, y, is, by preference, devoted to a hand-mirror, (not shown,) and the case'is pro vided with a button, 20, and a keeper, 1;, for the free end of the button, to prevent the hand-mirror from tilting forward against the glass of the mirror M when the case is raised. The space in front of said glass within the frame of the mirror M accommodates said button and keeper. The remainder of the face of the caseAis unobstructed and closes against a level surface formed for the purpose between the bars b b by flush filling-pieces.

To the back of the door D, near its lower edge, a blacking-case, B, is attached by hinges 7L3 h and a fastening, f the latter arranged above with one part on acleat, 0 When this case B is lowered, as shown in Fig. 6 and in dotted linesin Fig. 5, its face, which was against the door D, becomes horizontal, and a longitudinal foot-rest, a, forming a part of said surface, a parallel, brush-receptacle, 25, extending the entire length of the case, and a covered blacking-box receptacle, 5, at the toe end of the foot-rest, are exposed, the cover of the latter being a part of a transverse strip, 1", flush with the foot-rest u, and provided with hinges 7L and a fastening, f A leg, 1, attached by hinges lbs to the back of the case B, supports its outer end when it is lowered, as shown in the figures. The outer fastenin gs, f f are, by preference, ordinary locks, the fastening f a spring-catch, and the fastening f a hook, each having its appropriate appurtenances, as shown.

The floor of the wardrobe is provided with a drip-cup, G, to accommodate umbrellas, and its walls with coat-hooks H, to support clothi ng.

The folded internal case, B, it will be observed, does not encroach on the space required for any other purpose, and is wholly Withdrawn when the door is opened, so as to leave theinterior of the wardrobe unobstructed, while the projection of the folded external case, A, is inconsiderable and adds to the ornate appearance of the exterior of the wardrobe, as shown. Doors constructed and furnished in like mannor may be applied to other like articles of movable and fixed furnituresuch as bookcases and closets-with or without modification in unessential details.

I do not claim herein the blacking-case B, nor the combination thereof with the door D, as I intend to claim the same in another application for patent.

I claim as new and of my present invention and desire to protect under this specification- 1. In a wardrobe or like article of furniture, a swinging door constructed with an opening, 0, and provided with a pivoted mirror, M,within said opening, and a toilet-case, A, attached by hinges immediately below said mirror and by a fastening above the same,'and adapted to be lowered to horizontal position to expose the said mirror and its own contents, substantially as herein described.

2. The toilet-case A, constructed with a level face having pockets zyw, and with projections to accommodate said pockets, in combination with a door, D, having a flat surface, to which said case is hinged and fastened, substantially as herein described, said case, when fastened, forming raised panels on said flat surface of the door, while the latter forms the back of the fastened case, as set forth.

0. O. MORSE.

Witnesses:

FRED. W. PRATT, E. N. WATERS. 

